The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-07-23

Shrewsbury and Vicinity. The extremely
hot weather which we have been having for ten
days past, has ended without any serious results
in this vicinity, though considerable suffering by
man and beast has been noted.
Our community is practically free from diseases
of any kind. Our physicians are at leisure at
present, save from accidents, which happen now
almost daily.
| Politics in your county is not only getting hot
but some meaI things are resorted to to beat the
other party. Above all the mean things in these
contests is the mixing of the old parties, as the
coming primary elections are represented to be
| Democratic, Republicans have no right to take
part. Yet find they are mixed up in the con-
test and taking part in the primaries. This is
not right. Let each party fight its own battle
among themselves and the other party keep hands
off until the tickets of both parties are settled and
before the people, then let the voter be he Demo-
crat, Republican, Temperance or Independent,
make his choice and vote accordingly. The man.
ner in which the campaign is going on now un-
der the name OF Democracy is simply ridiculous
and no good can come out of it. In fact your
campaign has got over the line into this State and
has stirred up everybody along the line. Though
our primaries are but O few weeks off everything
is as quiet Sunday. We hope, however, in
the contest in your county, rs in our own, the
best men will be chosen to Office by the people,
and when elected they will regard the Cleveland
themselves accordingly.
Under a law recently passed in this State the
Commissioners of this county, as well as others
along the line between Pennsylvania and Mary
land, are obliged see to it that the stones desg-
mating the line between the States, known as
Mason and Dixon's Line, be looked up and put in
position and preserved. It seems to me this
should have been the joint act of the two States.
Our Commissioners have performed their duty and
made their report.
The Northern Central Railway Company hav-
ing doubled the freight on a car load of horses
from Baltimore to New Freedom or Shrewsbury,
Mr.. C. L. Ehrhart and the Glen Rock dealers all
ship their stock to Hanover from Virginia and
from thence bring them over the road. They
received fine lot yesterday and things were live
ly at the stables all day and many sales were made
Mr.. Ehrhart has been handling fine stock and a
good deal of it lately. X.
Rossville, 18th District.-The funeral of
Mrs. Charlotte Councilman, whose death was no.
ticed in last weeks UNION, took place from her
late residence ON Friday afternoon of last week,
and was largely attended, Rev. G. w. Heyde Of
floating, being assisted by Revs. Thomas Gorsuch
and ]. H. S. Clark. Mr.. Heyde preached an ap-
propriate sermon from 1st Corinthians, Is oh. and
55-57 verses, and referred in a feeling manner to
the fact that the deceased had been member of
the M. E. Church for over 55 years. At the con.
clusion of his remarks Mr.. Gorsuch paid beau
tif tribute to the Christian life and character of
the deceased and touchingly alluded to the fact
that he had been intimately acquainted in her
family for over 40 years, during which time it was
his pleasure often to converse with her in regard
to her religious experience and future prospects,
and in conclusion he expressed o good hope of
meeting her in heaven. She was buried in the
family graveyard on the place. The pail bearers
were Messrs Robert Fitch, of Philadelphia Sy-
vester Ritter, Abraham Biddison, John McCor-
mick, j. Sewell Clarke and Rev. Thos. Gorsuch.
A colored camp meeting has been in progress
near Middle River station, P. W. B. R. R., for
the last two weeks and is to close on next Monday.
On Sunday female evangelist and a converted
Indian expected to be present and preach.
Public school No. 10 will hold picnic at Rech
abite Hall on next Thursday afternoon, 2Sth inst,
to which all friends are invited.
The family of Mr.. John T. Tilghman have been
visiting their relatives at Walnut Springs since
the 18th inst.
Messrs. Ii. T. and Howard Shaffer made pleas
ant visit to Colchester Beach on Wednesday Of
last week and were delighted with their ride on
the water.
The weather has been extremely warm in this
section of late and last Saturday some persons
were nearly overcome with the heat. Mrs. Cath
arne Oppertshauser experienced alarming symp-
toms of sunstroke and has since been suffering
from the effects of the same.
DIR. s. v. Mace had severe attack of cholera
morbus recently, but at last accounts was much
better. Principle.